Siksika 146
Indian reserve in Canada, Siksika Nation
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Location in Alberta
Wheatland
(2021)[1]
Siksika 146 is a First Nations reserve of the Siksika Nation in southern Alberta, Canada.[2] It is 87 km (54 mi) southeast of Calgary at an elevation of 857 m (2,812 ft).
Geography
The locality of Siksika is on the Siksika 146 reserve.[3] The reserve is bordered by Vulcan County, Wheatland County, and the County of Newell and is home to the Blackfoot Crossing historical park.
Demographics
In the Canada 2021 Census, Siksika 146 recorded a population of 3,576. The reserve has a land area of 696.54 km2 (268.94 sq mi), making it the second-largest Indigenous reserve in Canada (after Blood 148, Alberta).
References
- ^ a b "Census Profile, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-10.
- ^ "Siksika 146". Statistics Canada. 2001. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ Geo-Administrative Areas (Hamlet, Locality and Townsite Culture Points) (Geodatabase layer) (Map). AltaLIS. October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
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- War with Shoshone (circa 1730s-1800s)
- 1775–1782 North American smallpox epidemic
- 1837–1838 smallpox epidemic
- Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) (with USA)
- War against the Crow and Gros Ventre (circa 1861–1867)
- Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) (with USA)
- Battle of the Belly River (against the Cree, 1870)
- Marias Massacre (by US Army, 1870)
- Peace with the Cree, circa 1871, (symbolized by Crowfoot's adoption of Poundmaker in 1873)
- US land annexation, migration to Canada (1874)
- Treaty 7 (with Canada, 1877)
- Starvation winter (1883–1884)
- Sweetgrass Hills Treaty (with USA, 1887)
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50°47′N 112°55′W / 50.783°N 112.917°W / 50.783; -112.917 (Siksika 146)
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